Part A. Grade Level: 2 Design Principle: Repetition and Rhythm. Part B. Art Form: Printmaking. Part C Teacher Resource File. Creating and Presenting

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1 Part A Grade Level: 2 Design Principle: Repetition and Rhythm Part B Art Form: Printmaking Part C Teacher Resource File Creating and Presenting Purpose The purpose of this activity is to create an underwater scene of a school of fish using the design principle of repetition and the technique of printmaking. Think about how fish join into a school of fish, they are all the same type of fish. It will look like the same fish repeated over and over. Creative Process: Challenging and Inspiring Imagining and Generating Planning and Focusing Producing Preliminary Work Presenting and Performing Feedback and Reflection (from peers and teacher) - Look at different types of fish and explain to students that fish travel with other fish that are the same type and look very similar. - Have the students imagine what type of fish they want to draw. - Have students draw several designs on the tracing paper. - Students will choose one picture that they like the best. - Students will create their background or simply choose a piece of construction paper to show underwater. - They will trace their fish onto their Styrofoam. - Then the students will make prints of their stamp on their completed background. - Discussion with other students about their art. - Each student will compare their final picture with other students - Ask some follow up questions to get students thinking about their art: o What happens when a piece of art as an object that is repeated? o Does your eye stay in one place or travel? o Is the repetition in an organized pattern or just random?

2 Materials: - Blank canvas (rectangle piece of paper - Piece of Styrofoam (small rectangle) - Different colours of paints or ink - Rubber roller to transfer paint or ink to stamp - Paintbrush - Tracing paper - Pencil Lesson Steps: 1. Trace the outside of the piece of Styrofoam onto the tracing paper with your pencil. Within that rectangle, draw a single fish. Draw some detail such as scales and eyes. 2. Place the tracing paper over the Styrofoam and trace the lines of your drawing making sure they are imprinted. 3. Using your pencil, fix any lines that did not transfer properly. 4. To create your background, either choose a piece of blue paper or paint the background blue. 5. Rub the roller into your paint or ink, covering the entire roller. 6. Use the roller to apply the paint to the piece of Styrofoam. 7. Stamp down the Styrofoam on your paper to create a repetitive pattern of fish. Example (White, 2011) Safety Considerations: - Wear an apron to keep clothes clean from the paint or ink. - Make sure to use a dull pencil to imprint your Styrofoam. - Wear disposable gloves to keep paint or ink off your hands. Connecting Ideas: Preceding Activity: - Look at different pieces of art and talk about how the artist demonstrated repetition and rhythm.

3 - Try practicing the basics of repetition and rhythm through painting lines or objects. Try printmaking using already made stamps with both paint and ink and look at the differences. Look at photographs of real schools of fish. Follow-Up: - Activity: Create another stamp of a different fish and use a different colour to create another school of fish. o Have students discuss the differences between the two schools Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing Artist: M.C. Escher Title of Works: Unknown Media Used: Woodcut Printmaking Date: (Foundation, 2013)

4 - Enhances activity Similar to chosen art form and activity o Repetition and rhythm the same woodcut (stamp) will be used over and over to create the final picture o Same animal is repeated both the example and the activity will be using fish o Two colours for the activity it will be one background colour and one colour for the object that is stamped - Difference: Will not emphasize interconnecting the objects. - Elements of design in the art work that help create the principle of Repetition o Colour o Shape and Form Exploring Forms and Cultural Contexts Art Form Printmaking - Elements: o Lines o Shape and Form o Colour o Texture - Principle: Repetition repeated stamping of image Studio Activity Creating a School of Fish - Elements: o Shape and Form (fish) o Colour one colour for one school of fish - Principle: Repetition Example Artwork Works by M.C. Escher - Elements: o Shape and Form o Space objects are interconnected o Colour - Principle: Repetition Cultural Context Printmaking and History - Process of transferring an image or impression from one surface (stamp, roller, block) to another (paper, fabric or wood). - Early cultures used a variety of materials such as wood, clay or metal to make impressions into damp clay, leather and soft metals. o Figured out that these stamps could be used over and over again o Decided to try using them with different colours - Early Egyptians used wood blocks to print textiles o Still used today in parts of Asia and Indonesia

5 - China used woodcuts for pictures and letters seventh century A.D. o Japanese also used this process (About Printmaking, 2010) (Trivia about Printing, 2012) (Woodblock Printing, 2012) Uses in Society Past and Present - Books were originally printed from wooden blocks carved by hand o Evolution of this process was from the invention of the printing press letters were moveable, which made the process of creating the original stamp much easier - Using stamps for scrap-booking, date stamps, time stamps - Posters

6 - Newspaper - Clothing and Cloth (Textiles) - Different types of patterns on different types of paper (ex: wallpaper, wrapping paper) Cross Curricular Connections and Art Activities This activity/art form could be used to enhance and clarify other subjects such as math or science. - Literacy: Oral presentation about completed artwork. - Math: Symmetry could be explained. - Math: Can use the stamp in a 5-frame or 10-frame. (Lechleiter, 2012) - Science: Deals with living things. Could make stamps of different stages of living animals as they change and grow (Example: the metamorphosis of a butterfly). Have to draw simple forms of the picture, appropriate for grade level. (VanCleave, 2010) Personal Studio Exploration See attached examples of each stage and final product.

7 References About Printmaking. (2010, September). Retrieved September 2013 from The Print Perspective: Brommer, G. F. (1970). Relief Printmaking. Massachusetts: Davis Publications, Inc. Brooks, M. G., & Downs, A. (1943). Images: Printmaking. Canada: Learnxs Press. Foundation, E. (2013). Picture Gallery. Retrieved September 2013 from M.C. Escher: Lechleiter, K. (2012, November). Working with ten frames and Doodle Buddy. Retrieved September 2013 from Journey with an ipad: Petterson, M., & Gale, C. (2003). The Instant Printmaker. New York: Watson- Guptill Publications. Stobart, J. (2005). Printmaking for Beginners. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications. Trivia about Printing. (2012, April). Retrieved September 2013 from Printing Paradise: VanCleave, J. (2010, May). Butterfly Metamorphosis. Retrieved September 2013 from JVC's Science Fair Projects: White, C. (2011). Cynthia White - Blog. Retrieved September 2013 from Woodblock Printing. (2012, November). Retrieved September 2013 from Scribblz N' Doodlz: